George W. Bush: “The United States of America will help them succeed.”

The actions taken by my Administration in response to the financial crisis have laid the groundwork for a return to economic growth and job creation.

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

Being your President was a high privilege, and the honor of a lifetime.